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2006
The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task.
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The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task.
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Article Omission Across Child Languages
Language Acquisition, 2008Article omission is known to be a feature of early grammar, although it does not affect all child languages to the same extent. In this article we analyze the production of articles by 12 children, 4 speakers of Catalan, 4 speakers of Italian, and 4 speakers of Dutch.
GUASTI, MARIA TERESA +3 more
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Language input and child syntax
Cognitive Psychology, 2002Existing work on the acquisition of syntax has been concerned mainly with the early stages of syntactic development. In the present study we examine later syntactic development in children. Also, existing work has focused on commonalities in the emergence of syntax.
Janellen, Huttenlocher +3 more
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2014
This paper argues for the integration of child language data into language documentation projects and shows the benefits that the documentation of child language can have for (i) acquisition researchers, (ii) descriptive, theoretical and historical linguists, and (iii) members of language maintenance or revitalisation projects.
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This paper argues for the integration of child language data into language documentation projects and shows the benefits that the documentation of child language can have for (i) acquisition researchers, (ii) descriptive, theoretical and historical linguists, and (iii) members of language maintenance or revitalisation projects.
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Language Behaviour and Child Psychotherapy
Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 1975The dichotomy between non-verbal or play therapy for the younger and verbal psychotherapy for the older child is questionable in view of the fact that lexical representation begins in the second year of life. It is equally doubtful whether, in the absence of certain communications expressed in verbal symbols, any type of interaction between therapist ...
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American Psychologist, 1977
Today one can scarcely read a daily newspaper or news magazine without encountering a feature extolling the latest linguistic accomplishments of one or another ape. Contemporary introductory psychology textbooks may devote as much space to the achievements of the likes of Sarah and Washoe as they do to the language development of children.
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Today one can scarcely read a daily newspaper or news magazine without encountering a feature extolling the latest linguistic accomplishments of one or another ape. Contemporary introductory psychology textbooks may devote as much space to the achievements of the likes of Sarah and Washoe as they do to the language development of children.
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Syntactic distinctions in child language
Journal of Child Language, 1990ABSTRACTThis paper presents a study of young children's understanding of a constraint on English word order, which is that pronouns and proper names cannot be modified by prenominai adjectives. For adults, this is a syntactic constraint: adjectives can only precede nouns, and pronouns and proper names are lexical Noun Phrases (NPs).
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Phonological Procedures for Child Language
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 1972It has often been stated by linguists (e.g. Haas, 1963) that in making phonological analyses of children's speech it must be emphasized that at all stages of development the child has a system of his own and that it is misleading to regard his speech as “an imperfect version of adult language” (Fry, 1968, p. 19).
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2019
Why can children aged four-five from any nation teach himself to talk mother tongue, which contains countless variations in grammar rules? Does language capacity resulted from natural causes or the acquired environment? How to promote a child’s language abilities (including both mother tongue ability and second language ability)?
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Why can children aged four-five from any nation teach himself to talk mother tongue, which contains countless variations in grammar rules? Does language capacity resulted from natural causes or the acquired environment? How to promote a child’s language abilities (including both mother tongue ability and second language ability)?
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